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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Family-life Ethics The Sixteenth Talk On Divorce Today’s topic of discussion is divorce. In Islam divorce is the most detested of the legitimate acts. It is well known that the Prophet of Islam (s) has said: In my view the most undesirable thing is divorce Christianity forbids divorce under all circumstances save one, but this meeting is not the correct place to discuss it.

There is so much adultery prevalent in the Western societies, because the couples have to continue with incompatible marriages. When we study the statistics regarding divorce in Iran, we find that the numbers are increasing year after year. This is happening despite the undesirability of divorce***.*** Divorce is becoming like a trend in our society! In Post-Revolution Iran, divorce has emerged as a major problem for the society.

There has been a lot of debate on this issue, still the numbers keep increasing. Why is it so? We shall try to find an answer to this question in our discussion today. We know that for our beloved Prophet (s), divorce was most undesirable thing. Today we shall analyse why this undesirable practice has assumed such formidable proportions! Just as marriage was divided into three parts divorce too will be discussed in three parts.

Types Of Divorce Divorce Of Necessity One category of divorce is the divorce of necessity that Islam permits under strictly defined conditions. Islam says that although divorce is undesirable, it is permissible under the law of shariah***.*** If a person’s hand develops gangrene, it must be amputated. If the hand is not amputated, gangrene will spread to the whole body.

The affected person will not be happy, but he is resigned to his fate and even thanks and pays the doctor for cutting his hand and saving the rest of his body from gangrene. Necessary divorce can be treated like amputation of the hand when the unfortunate person is afflicted with cancer. Sometimes the husband and wife are totally incompatible, and inspite of forgiving and overlooking shortcomings, inspite of making sacrifices, things just don’t work out.

Sometimes a pious and upright man is married to an amoral woman. Or a chaste woman is married to a lecherous and impious man. This impious man is incompatible with the virtuous lady, he feels as if he has been imprisoned. There is no solution to this problem except divorce, it is impossible to reconcile the two, they should be separated.